Ahdaf Soueif: Egyptian writers' energy used to be spent on describing how bad things were – video

Interviewed at the Guardian's
Open Weekend, Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif speaks about a new wave of creativity that has followed the revolution in Egypt last year. She discusses the street art that has sprung up across Cairo – much of it influenced by Banksy – and how writers' imaginations have started to roam beyond Egypt's borders